Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Kitchen equipment and gadgets

Don't run out and buy new kitchen equipment and gadgets unless they have been contaminated with years of cooking foods you are now allergic to. Visit my Pinterest and click on "my fav kitchen gadgets" to see the pictures of products I have used and luv in my kitchen. Remember, I'm not promoting these products, and I'm not getting paid in any way (would be nice though).

1. Food processorCuisinart 11 cups is a must have for shredding potatoes, cheeses, and cabbages. I sometimes use it to make dough. I have two of these. One of them is dedicated to raw meat since I cannot find a good meat grinder. I also have hand grater for a smaller job.

2. Hand mixer

Save your money on stand alone mixer... unless you wanna make marshmallow. I bought Cuisinart HM-70 Power Advantage 7-Speed Hand Mixer at Amazon. This one comes with chef's whisk... perfect for whisking one egg white. The free spatula is a bonus, and it's a perfect gadget for bread making.

3. Green pan

I found them at Target. I have three: a grill pan, an open fry pan, and open wok. You can read more about their products at the Green Pan website. I bought a universal cover for the wok at local Asian grocery store.

4. Kitchen scale

Have you ever baked something that turned out soooo good... then tried baking it again and you wondered "what happened"? Well, every time you measure the all purpose flour by a measuring cup, the flour in that cup is never the same. So enter, a kitchen scale. After I read many products' reviews at Amazon, I bought Kitrics Stainless Steel Scale. I've used this scale to measure everything from flour to sugar to eggs.

I have a lot of measuring spoons, and I am still looking for more. The best one is Farberware 7pc Measuring Spoon Set, sold at Walmart. I have different sizes of ice cream or cookie scoops. OK, I have 5 sizes: XS, S, M, L, and XL. I've used them all at one point.

About Me

I've been cooking and baking extensively due to my son's food intolerence to dairy, chicken eggs, and corn. He outgrew all of his food sensitivity when he was nearly three years old. Since he has G6PD, he also needs to avoid certain foods as much as possible. His big brother still has dairy intolerance. So I decided to run a food blog to share my recipes that I've modified or created on my own. I hope you test out my recipes and have yummilicious good time like my kids and I do. If you have a Facebook account, look for me at Something Sweeter page.